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	Moral universalism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Moral universalism is a moral view, often related to humanist philosophy, which claims that the fundamental basis for a universalist ethic—'universally' applicable to all humanity—can be derived or inferred from what is common among existing moral codes.
		Moral universalism finds that moral actions are tied to the act itself, not regardless of the cultural context, but in respect of the basic ethical standards that exist in all cultures.
		Moral Universalism first appeared as a formalized ethical theory amongst the Stoics of ancient Greece (it continues to be a central premise within modern Stoicism, as well).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Moral_universalism (319 words)

	Universalism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A universal religion is one that holds itself true for all people and thus allows anyone to join, regardless of their ethnicity.
		Universalism is also used as a synonym for moral universalism, as a compromise between moral relativism and moral absolutism.
		That said, Universalists have bestowed upon Unitarian Universalism a global understanding of what constitutes God's family, an undiminished belief in the goodness of the life, and a commitment to seeking reconciliation and restorative justice in their personal relationships and in the public realm.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Universalism (1255 words)

	Terrorism versus moral universalism from an evolutionary perspective. Eugenics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Terrorism versus moral universalism from an evolutionary perspective.
		Morality and ethics cannot be understood outside of evolution, because all of the machinery that has evolved to make survival a mechanism to pass our genes unto the next generation also provides us with our sense of morality.
		Morality then is a set of norms set up by a group of people that defines their commitment to the group and the rules to be followed that shows that commitment.
	home.comcast.net /~neoeugenics/terror.htm (4308 words)

	MORAL UNIVERSALISM AND ECONOMIC TRIAGE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Universalism presupposes that the discovery of traits shared by all human beings suffices to show why, and perhaps how, all human beings should organise themselves into a cosmopolis.
		Moral universalism is an invention of the rich.
		The only way in which the rich can think of themselves as part of the same moral community with the poor is by reference to some scenario which gives hope to the children of the poor without depriving their own children of hope.
	www.unesco.org /phiweb/uk/2rpu/rort/rort.html (4037 words)

	Human Rights [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
		Kant argues that this basic condition of universality in determining the moral principles for governing human relations is a necessary expression of the moral autonomy and fundamental equality of all rational individuals.
		Morality is fundamentally concerned with what ought to be the case, and this cannot be settled by appeals to what is the case, or is perceived to be the case.
		Moral beliefs and principles are therefore thought of as socially and historically contingent, valid only for those cultures and societies in which they originate and within which they are widely approved.
	www.utm.edu /research/iep/h/hum-rts.htm (10683 words)

	Morals and Evolution - Stormfront White Nationalist Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		I think, in our case, universalism was already in greek philosophy counterbalanced by their consciousness of racial difference and superiority making the law universal for all greek not for other: equivalent to be a roman citizen.
		Moral universalism seems rather the realm of philosophers and religions which Europeans are willing to adopt in comfort until reality slaps them in the face - by which time it is often too late.
		Indeed, 'moral universalism' as a biologically inherited trait is self-defeating in evolutionary logic.
	www.stormfront.org /forum/showthread.php?t=118103 (4701 words)

	Universality and History
		Universal "values" or "rights" are cited in support of traditional Judaeo-Christian norms of personal conduct but also of "alternative life-styles," in support of private property and social differentiation but also of egalitarian reconstruction of society, in support of minimal government but also of socialist collectivism, and so on.
		Universality in the second sense has connotations similar to "the nature of the human condition" or "what life is really like." While the emphasis in this discussion is on universality as normative, that meaning will be found in the reconstituted understanding here advanced to be closely intertwined with the second meaning.
		It is common for today's critics of moral relativism and nihilism to assert the existence of universal principles and to regard the nobility of those principles as indicated by their distance from imperfect and often distasteful practical reality.
	www.nhinet.org /uh.htm (11506 words)

	Universalism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The five (5) forms of Christianized universalism that we have identified do not constitute a complete or exhaustive listing of universalistic formulations, but simply serve as a representative explanation of the variant means by which persons and groups arrive at their conclusions of universalism.
		Universalism often ends up being both humanistic and idolatrous as it constructs a “god” who is a universal producer of egalitarian benefits and blessings for man. The benefits and blessings are then elevated for worship, instead of worshipping and glorifying God for the worthiness of His own Being.
		Universalism argues that freedom and spontaneity are to be found in knowing that God has chosen all men universally and that all will be saved, but this is a pseudo-liberty devoid of behavioral standards that soon leads to libertinism, carnality, and anarchy.
	www.christinyou.net /pages/universalism.html (8413 words)

	Untitled
		Now, once the actuality of moral pluralism is acknowledged, and once it is agreed that normative claims may be contingent upon one's social, historical, or cultural context, it becomes apparent that the possibility of universal moral validity depends directly on the difference between contingent and universal norms.
		Clearly, a principled moral outlook of the Kohlbergian sort cannot itself serve-in the name of unconditional validity-as the justificatory grounds of those institutions which are intended to condition or produce it, unless a particular outcome of moral development has been presumed from the start.
		Universal here is to be taken to mean, "among all concerned with or affected by the norm in question"; that is, the rightful participants in the moral discourse.
	web.syr.edu /~mdlattim/notebook/Habermas/Gaon_Stella.html (6188 words)

	Universalism, Justice and Identity Politics: From Political Correctness to Constitutional Law by James Boyle
		In the mainstream idealised vision of university education, the beast/handsome prince with the big library is replaced by the liberal arts college with the big library, but the basic idea remains the same.
		The moral claim made to you, "could you personally endorse the principle that slave-owning societies should be glorified?" is immediately converted into the universalist argument made to the State, or its academic counterpart, the administration.
		My claim was that, in order to give effect to the moral ideals of classical liberalism, we have to desert featureless universal purity and engage in a particular, historically located process of classification in which some groups are singled out because of their historical experience.
	www.law.duke.edu /boylesite/identity.htm (9511 words)

	Moral universalism
		Unlike moral absolutism, moral universalism, is the fundamental basis for universalist ethics[?], which are 'universally' applicable to humanity.
		The position stated by moral absolutism, universalists[?] believe, is an abstract concept which is unattainable.
		The problem with absolute morality is that it defaults to moral relativism, by natural situational human conditions.
	www.fastload.org /mo/Moral_universalism.html (251 words)

	The Debate Link: Relatively Relative (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Universalism allows us to set up moral categories, sorting actions into moral and immoral based on their similarity to the overarching standards.
		The "situation" which dictates moral choices is often heavily contingent upon the standing of the agent, thus situational ethics are often indistinguishable from the "agent-relativism" Velleman claims is ridiculous.
		Morality is an essential human construct that allows us to live together, to function as societal units large and small.
	dsadevil.blogspot.com /2005/04/relatively-relative.html (2072 words)

	Taking Our Own Side (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Moral laws are universal, and that universality means that we must be impartial in all our moral judgments and dealings.
		A moral philosophy that holds all murders equally heinous, regardless of these partialities, is simply absurd.
		A proposed moral principle cannot conflict with the survival of the race.
	library.flawlesslogic.com /ourside.htm (1419 words)

	Response essay continued
		The moral skepticism side of this theory addresses the fact that “we can’t know if there are any moral truths,” or in this case, we cannot know what the moral truths are (64).
		This new recognition of moral existence should not be confused with soft universalism, which acknowledges some “Universal moral truths” (65).
		However, morality is not an issue of relativism merely because everyone has a different perspective.
	www.wsu.edu /~romana/index_files/Page1879.htm (348 words)

	WCP: Introduction to Volume 1
		Meanwhile, attempts are being undertaken in moral epistemology to formulate an empirical procedure for identifying moral universals analogous to the already existing method of establishing the existence of linguistic universals (Gilbert Harman).
		With its collapse, she argues, moral subjectivism has lost its footing and moral objectivism, which claims that morality has an objective basis in moral facts and that moral judgments can be true or false, has been able to gain ground.
		Consequently, the role of moral theory in 'real life' should be much more modest than the moral philosopher might think, that is, it should be limited to the negative role of ruling out morally unacceptable policies rather than prescribing solutions.
	www.bu.edu /wcp/IntroV1.htm (3300 words)

	FMS Proposal
		This interdisciplinary volume, which grew out of many years of collaborative research at various universities (most centrally at Cornell and Stanford), develops and defends a “postpositivist realist” alternative to the dominant views in the humanities about such crucial topics as social identity, the status of experience, and the nature of (objective) knowledge.
		Cultural pluralism and moral universalism can be complementary notions, postpositivist realists argue, in part because social identities are often sources of objective knowledge about our world, and acknowledging the epistemic implications of identity and multiculturalism does not preclude the possibility of objective knowledge or of achieving understanding across difference.
		A major goal of the Project is to move the discussion away from the debates over essentialism vs. constructivism in discussions about identity in order to foreground the role of minority education in a multicultural democracy.
	www.stanford.edu /dept/english/fms/proposal.html (958 words)

	Moral universalism and global economic justice -- Pogge 1 (1): 29 -- Politics, Philosophy & Economics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Moral universalism and global economic justice -- Pogge 1 (1): 29 -- Politics, Philosophy and Economics
		Moral universalism centrally involves the idea that the moral
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	ppe.sagepub.com /cgi/content/abstract/1/1/29 (140 words)

	Table of contents for Library of Congress control number 2002001076
		Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog.
		General Introduction 1 I Some cautions about our moral judgments 2 II Four easy reasons to ignore world poverty 6 III Defending our acquiescence in world poverty 11 IV Does our new global economic order really not harm the poor?
		Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Human rights, Social justice, Cosmopolitanism, Poverty Moral and ethical aspects
	www.loc.gov /catdir/toc/fy036/2002001076.html (100 words)

	Event Details: Alain Badiou Talk ''Paul and the Moral Problem: Universalism and Differences'' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Event Details: Alain Badiou Talk ''Paul and the Moral Problem: Universalism and Differences''
		A very important maxim of Paul is: do not argue about opinions (Rom.14.1).
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	events.uchicago.edu /campusevents/eventdetail.phtml?eventid=32435 (192 words)

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